We can claim the tax back from your donation if it's given in the Gift Aid envelope.

id envelope. THE CHURCHES OF HEALEY, MASHAM, NORTH STAINLEY,

Please complete with your address, date and box ticked. Help us to receive WELL WITH SNAPE & WEST TANFIELD
this vital extra income. Thank you. Sixteenth Sunday 9.15 a.m. Healey Holy Communion
after Trinity 9.15 a.m. North Stainley Holy Communion
LOOP SYSTEMS have been installed at Masham, Healey, North Stainley, Well and West 16th September 10.30 a.m. West Tanfield Harvest Thanksgiving
Tanfield for the benefit of those who are hard of hearing. Please switch the button on your at the Methodist Church
hearing aid to the 'T' position. 10.45 a.m. Well Holy Communion
10.45 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
WEBSITE for the Masham Group of Parishes: www.mashamparishes.org 6.00 p.m. West Tanfield Songs of Praise
at the Methodist Church
NICK MORGAN has been appointed as Priest-in-Charge of the Bramham Benefice in the
Diocese of York. Dates for Nick’s last service with us and his licensing service are still to be Wednesday 19th 10.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
agreed. The Bramham Benefice consists of two parishes: Lower Wharfe and Thorpe Arch. The
Parish of Lower Wharfe has three churches: St Mary the Virgin in Boston Spa, All Saints’ in Thursday 20th 6.00 p.m. St. Mary’s Youth Club
Bramham and St. Peter’s in Walton. Together with the parish of All Saints’ Thorpe Arch, the meets in Masham Town Hall
Benefice also works closely with St Luke’s Church in Clifford, a village which lies between 7.30 p.m. Healey Parochial Church Council
Boston Spa and Bramham. Despite moving to York Diocese, Nick and family will move to a meet in the church
Leeds postcode - LS23 - . about 12 miles from Harrogate, so the Morgan’s are not really 7.30 p.m. West Tanfield Concert by Hannah Sanders &
moving all that far away. We wish them well in their move and new parsishes. Ben Savage

FOLK DUO HANNAH SANDERS AND BEN SAVAGE will be singing at St Nicholas’ Friday 21st 1.00 p.m. West Tanfield Service of Thanksgiving for the
Church, West Tanfield as part of the Ripon Festival on Thursday 20th September at 7.30 p.m. life of Shirley Carter
Tickets from the Festival Office or on the door. 6.00 p.m. North Stainley Harvest Thanksgiving
& Bring & Share Supper
NORTHALLERTON MALE VOICE CHOIR present a charity concert at St. Nicholas’ 7.00 p.m. Masham Harvest Supper in the Town Hall
Church West Tanfield on Friday 5th October at 7.30 p.m. in aid of the West Tanfield Bowling
Club and church funds. Tickets are £10 to include light refreshments and are available from Seventeenth Sunday 8.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
West Tanfield Village Shop. after Trinity 10.45 a.m. West Tanfield Holy Communion
23rd September 10.45 a.m. Masham Holy Communion and Baptism
EARLY BIRD GIFT FAIR at Masham Town Hall on Wednesday 19 h September 5.30pm to 4.00 p.m. North Stainley Revive
9pm – Drinks party reception - £10 on the door to include a glass of wine and Thursday 21 st 6.30 p.m. Healey Evensong
September 10am to 3pm free entry and shopping. Everyone welcome. Proceeds to the Charlie 6.30 p.m. Snape Evensong
Waller Foundation in aid of people who suffer from depression and in memory of Jake Pirie. A
variety of stalls ideal for very early Christmas shopping or gifts for special occasions. Contact Eighteenth Sunday 10.45 a.m. Masham Harvest Holy Communion
Ulicia Edwards 01765 688 353 or 07881 506 466. after Trinity 10.45 a.m. West Tanfield Holy Communion
30th September
MASHAM AUTUMN BRUNCH Saturday 27th October 10.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m. in Masham
Town Hall. As well as the usual items (Bric-a-Brac, Books, Tombola prizes, Bread, Cakes, THE ALTAR FLOWERS at Masham have been given in memory of Brian Geary.
Produce etc.) we are looking for ladies scarves and handbags.
REFLECTION Every group needs a Peter – someone brave enough to speak out when
STUDY GROUP reconvenes Thursday 4th October 7.30 p.m. at 9 Swinburn Court, Masham. everyone else is dithering. The other disciples are happy to repeat gossip about Jesus, but it is
Further details from Jim Heaton 01765 688093. New members are always welcome. Peter who gives his own opinion. But Jesus does not seem to have understood what Peter has
said, so Peter tries to correct him. Does Jesus not understand the connotations of the title
REVIVE Sunday 23rd at 4.00 p.m. at North Stainley on the theme of Beauty, Holiness and ‘Messiah’? It will be a while before Peter realises that if he was right about Jesus, then only
Truth, looking at paintings by Constable, Zurburan and Jospeh Wright of Derby.
Jesus can truly demonstrate what it is to be God’s chosen one. But Peter does get there, in the
end.
REETH BRASS CONCERT Saturday 13th October Doors open from 7.00 p.m. Concert
starts at 7.30 p.m. St. Mary’s Church, Masham. Tickets: Adults £10 – to include a free drink
Under 16’s free. Tickets from members of the Four and Twenty or Masham Community Office.
In aid of the Four and Twenty of Masham.
The Four and Twenty is an ancient charity which makes grants to young people from Masham
to assist them in the costs of serving an apprenticeship or in their further or higher education. It
currently awards two grants each year of £400. Anyone interested in finding out more about
the Four and Twenty, or applying for a grant, should contact the clerk, Chris Thwaites, at
Dunsforth, 10 Rodney Terrace, Masham, HG4 4JA.
HARVEST THANKSGIVING
Friday 21st September North Stainley 6 p.m. followed by a bring and share supper
Sunday 30th September Masham Harvest Holy Communion at 10.45 a.m.
Sunday 7th October Healey Harvest Holy Communion at 11.00 a.m.
Sunday 7th October West Tanfield Harvest Holy Communion at 10.45 a.m.
Friday 12th October Well Harvest Evening Service and bring and share supper
Sunday 14th October Snape Harvest Holy Communion at 10.45 a.m.
HARVEST AT WEST TANFIELD METHODIST CHURCH Sunday 16th September
Service at 10.30 a.m. Afternoon tea at 4.30 p.m. Songs of Praise at 6.00 p.m.
MASHAM HARVEST SUPPER AND ENTERTAINMENT
Friday 21st September at 7.00 p.m. Masham Town Hall
A Yorkshire plough supper and entertainment. Tickets £7.00 (Children £3, Under 3 free) from
Lesley Hunter 01765 689828. or Kate Cleeves 01765 689255
HEALEY HARVEST LUNCH
Sunday 7th October 12.30 p.m. in Fearby Village Hall
Tickets from Anne Ramsay 01765 689278 must be booked in advance
Adults £10, Under16’s £5, Family Ticket £25
WEST TANFIELD HARVEST LUNCH
Sunday 7th October 12.30 for 1.00 p.m. in West Tanfield Village Hall. No need to book – just
turn up. All Welcome
PIE AND PINT Join us for a pie and a drink on Monday 24 th September at the Bay Horse in
Masham. 12 for 12.30 p.m. To book please contact Jim Hunter on 01765 689828 or
l.hunter57@outlook.com
RINGING REMEMBERS When the bells rang out on the 11th November 1918 they
announced the end of the most catastrophic war the world had yet seen. At the time, bells were
at the heart of the community, marking events of great significance and communicating to
people long before modern technology connected us. Many bell ringers joined the war effort,
and many lost their lives. In total some 1400 bell ringers lost their lives in the Great War.; a
loss to them, their families and communities. You are invited to become a bell ringer today in
memory of the 1400 who lost their lives. Further details can be found on the web site ‘Ringing
Remembers’. Between now and November anyone interested is invited to Masham bell ringing
Thursday practices between 7.00 and 9.00 p.m. For more details please ring 07733895044 or
speak to any bellringer.
PASTORAL CONVERSATIONS LEVEL 1 We can sometimes feel powerless to help but an
effective pastoral conversation can help more than we know. For those engaged in pastoral care
teams or who feel called to provide “a listening ear.” Sunday 28 October 2018. 3.00 – 5.00
p.m. St Robert’s Church, Pannal, HG3 1JZ
For further information please see the new digital learning platform for the Diocese
learning.leeds.anglican.org
To Book Email: carol.stenner@leeds.anglican.org or phone 0113 353 0281
JAMES 3: 1-12 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you
know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For all of us make many
mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the whole body
in check with a bridle. If we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we guide
their whole bodies. Or look at ships: though they are so large that it takes strong winds to drive
them, yet they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also
the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits.
How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed
among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of
nature, and is itself set on fire by hell. For every species of beast and bird, of reptile and sea
creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by the human species, but no one can tame the
tongue—a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it
we curse those who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and
cursing. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the
same opening both fresh and brackish water? Can a fig tree, my brothers and sisters, yield
olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.
MARK 8: 27 TO END Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi;
and on the way he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that I am?’ And they answered him,
‘John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.’ He asked them, ‘But
who do you say that I am?’ Peter answered him, ‘You are the Messiah.’ And he sternly ordered
them not to tell anyone about him.
Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected
by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He
said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and
looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, ‘Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting
your mind not on divine things but on human things.’
He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If any want to become my followers,
let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save
their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel,
will save it. For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed,
what can they give in return for their life? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in
this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he
comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.’